Spectroscopic signatures of photocharging due to hot-carrier transfer in solutions of semiconductor nanocrystals under low-intensity ultraviolet excitation

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 6087-6097

  McGuire, John A ^a,b   Sykora, Milan ^a   Robel, István ^a   Padilha, Lazaro A ^a   Joo, Jin ^a,c   Pietryga, Jeffrey M ^a   Klimov, Victor I ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Auger recombination; carrier multiplication; charge separation; charged exciton; PbSe nanocrystals; photoluminescence; trapping

Indexed keywords

AUGER RECOMBINATION; CARRIER MULTIPLICATION; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; CHARGED EXCITONS; PBSE NANOCRYSTALS; TRAPPING;

ABSORPTION; AUGERS; EXCITONS; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS;

MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES;

LIGAND; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTON; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LIGANDS; LIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTONS; QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 78049333198     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn1016296     Document Type: Article

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